219 works selected for the 40 candidate questions. Selections approved by Ben Breen, 29 September 2026. Arguments are unverified. Quotations were chosen by machine and are unchecked.
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1902Yan FuYan Fu,Letter to the Editor of the Waijiao baoChineseLetterNo text yet
- Q33Can a society adopt another society's machinery without adopting its ways of life?
No. Chinese and Western learning each have their own substance and application; combining Chinese substance with Western application makes both lose their meaning.
- Q33Can a society adopt another society's machinery without adopting its ways of life?
1922ČapekČapek,The Makropulos AffairCzechFictionNo text yet
- Q15Should extending human life indefinitely be a goal of technical progress?
No. A singer who has lived over 300 years by an elixir finds such a long life empty, and the recipe is burned rather than used.
- Q15Should extending human life indefinitely be a goal of technical progress?
1922LippmannLippmann,The Mental Age of AmericansEnglishPeriodicalNo text yet
- Q12Can numerical measures adequately determine a person's fitness for a position of responsibility?
No. Argues in six New Republic essays that the Army tests do not measure inborn intelligence and that the claim of an average mental age of fourteen is nonsense.
- Q12Can numerical measures adequately determine a person's fitness for a position of responsibility?